Pre-Thanksgiving

Hello, hello. Let's see...what's happening at Houghton. Well, right now, it is snowing quite heavily outside. The sky is dark and it's pretty cool looking. Fall break is in two days, so things are pretty crazy right now. I got out of Spanish class 20 minutes early, so that was pretty fantasic. Before that, I managed to stay awake in my American History class, AND I got a 93 on a test we took last week, so I was twice as proud of myself there. My morning was a lot less awesome though. I had an exam in Bib Lit that I did alright on, and then Mel, Sarah, and I bombed a Math exam. It was pretty crappy. But, I'm doing well in my other classes, so my GPA shouldn't crash and burn too badly. And I've still got one more exam and a couple more homeworks in Math that can get that grade back up, not to mention a group project that Mel, Sarah, and I worked on, so I'm not too worried. I mean, I did better on the exam than I thought I would. I might even pass, but we'll see. Plus, I've got two papers due on the first two days we get back from break, so I'm going to try really really hard to get some of that done today and tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes.

So that's the school part of college. Other than that, not much has been happening. This past weekend, Mark, Elisa, and Lindsey appeared in the Shakespeare play "Measure for Measure." We all went to see them, and they were fantastic. I've got a video that I'll be posting at some point later, but here are a few pictures of us after the play in the meantime.

Also, two more birthdays- this past Friday was Mom's birthday, and today is Megan's! Happy birthday to both of you! Below is a picture of Mom and me this past summer at Amherst State Park. That's one of my favorite places to go to, and she wanted me to show her around, so I did. It was fun.

This is an awesome picture of me being cute and Megan being Megan. There's really not much else to say.

So that's basically it. I'm coming home tomorrow for Thanksgiving break, and I'm pumped. Although so far, I've had 3 Thanksgiving dinners this month (1 with my dad's side of the family, 1 for all of Houghton College, and 1 with Rothenbuhler Hall that included dodgeball!), so #4 on Thanksgiving Day will be fun. I'm currently planning on seeing Emily, Jordan, Christina, Carrie, Joe Paul, and Alex, and maybe some more people, and I'm very excited about that. And it's my birthday on Sunday, so that's always good.

And finally, because no post would be complete without me imposing my love for Looney Tunes on all of you guys, here's Tweety Bird's first cartoon appearance. It's for Mom and Megan, because their favorite Looney Tunes character is Tweety. And, it just so happens that Tweety and Mom share a birthday! Tweety's first cartoon, "A Tale of Two Kitties" debued on November 21, 1942 (ok, so the year is different). Sylvester isn't in this one, because he wouldn't be created for another 3 years, and Tweety's enemies are two cats who are caricatures of a famous comedy duo (bonus points and a hug for the first person who can tell me who!). Also, since this was made during World War II, there are three WWII references in this cartoon. See if you can find them! They're really hard...

Special Video Post

Hey guys. Sorry it's been so long since the last real post. Part of that has been due to me being lazy, but the main reason is that nothing new has happened here. I mean, I've had a lot of stuff happen at home this past month, but most of you know all that. And the reason for this blog is to keep you guys updated on what's going on at Houghton. But I'll try to be better for the rest of the semester. Although the truth is, the rest of the semester is only like a month, and then I'm in London. You'll get good stuff when I'm in London, trust me. But for now, you have a video at the bottom of this post. Everything except the soccer game was filmed with a video camera I rented from the communications dept. this past weekend. The soccer game was just shot on my digital camera. It's got a few of my friends and Houghton in the winter, and then me, so have fun with that. Talk to you later!

Love and peace,

Dan

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